Leilani Garcia

My biggest appetite in life is to create enjoyable experiences: "people may forget you but they will never forget how you made them feel." I enjoy creating spaces that feel good and look good. I fell in love with visual merchandising 10 years ago and I haven't looked back since! Through my experience in retail and falling into the merchandising world I was able to work on some pretty cool projects like, - I was selected to help create a seasonal workshop to represent our district at my first merchandising role at Marshalls. I was able to be a part of a collaborative company project and it was the most invigorating project I ever worked on at a job. - I created, coordinated, and managed community in store events to help connect not only with our customer but our community too. - I was part of creating displays, window stories/displays, interactive events and small story shops for exclusive merchandise releases for Nike, Jordan, Vans, Puma and exclusive artist merchandise - I have created content for social media related posts such as flat lays, lifestyle shoots, and styling -I created, managed, and coordinated marketing campaigns and events for special merchandise capsules and/or merchandise with release dates. One of the events I enjoyed putting together was an art show for a Jordan shoe release. Where we highlighted female artists in celebration of Jordan's first ever women's basketball shoe in celebration of international women's day. Plus much much more but before I lose you here.....I must add that I also have experience in event planning (hence the events I mentioned above), management, recruiting, story telling, styling, sales analysis, sales reports, data collecting, trend reading, merchandise buying, graphic design, and pretty much creating anything and everything cute/fun! In my current role as a visual merchandising director and marketing coordinator, I have collaborated with different brands and local artist for special campaigns and community events. As well as created and designed packaging for special collections. I have been able to collaborate with buyers to help create in store stories and campaigns for collections they buy. I have worked on social media content and online campaigns. I have created and coordinated community events, connecting with our communities is one of my favorite parts of my current role. In conclusion I am a well diversed creative merchandiser/designer that is passionate about everything that goes into creating enjoyable experiences and spaces.